By Annette Stewart
I WAS among a group of keen night-time photographers from the Phillip Island Camera Club who gathered at Pyramid Rock at 2am on Monday to watch the total lunar eclipse.
I WAS among a group of keen night-time photographers from the Phillip Island Camera Club who gathered at Pyramid Rock at 2am on Monday to watch the total lunar eclipse.
Fortunately the storms a few hours earlier had moved on and the skies were clear. Walking to the lookout was easy under the bright full moon, but the light soon began to fade as the earth's shadow darkened the moon, then turned it a bright shade of orange.
The stars that had been barely visible before were now shining brightly, and the penguins nesting in the surrounding tussocks started calling loudly, as if to say "what's happened to our moon?!".
Slowly the light increased again, until the bright full moon reappeared and slowly sank towards the ocean. It was well worth an early start to the day.
The stars that had been barely visible before were now shining brightly, and the penguins nesting in the surrounding tussocks started calling loudly, as if to say "what's happened to our moon?!".
Slowly the light increased again, until the bright full moon reappeared and slowly sank towards the ocean. It was well worth an early start to the day.